Test 12 · ★ · d'Aulnoy's Fairy Tales, The Blue Bird, part 5: the spy ove…

So what's the bit about the two Princesses?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · What happens: be · To what, where: bit

This is test 12 · ★ of lesson 1868 «d'Aulnoy's Fairy Tales, The Blue Bird, part 5: the spy overhears, the bird is cut, the King is saved» of the books course of Mova's primary school. The page gives the question's syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause, then the 4 options as the student saw them, each with its tree and pragmatics. Every text is parsed by Mova itself. How the student answered it, with the score of every option and why: the test at school.

The question

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	So	so	ADV	_	5 bit	advmod
2	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	5 bit	nsubj
3	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 bit	cop
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 bit	det
5	bit	bit	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	about	about	ADP	_	9 Princesses	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 Princesses	det
8	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	9 Princesses	nummod
9	Princesses	princess	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 bit	nmod
10	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 bit	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present		the bit				about the two Princesses	tree rules

One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

The Enchanter spoke of two kings

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Enchanter	det
2	Enchanter	Enchanter	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 spoke	nsubj
3	spoke	speak	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 kings	case
5	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	6 kings	nummod
6	kings	king	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 spoke	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	speak speech: other	past	the Enchanter					of two kings	vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2

The Queen said there was one

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Queen	det
2	Queen	Queen	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 said	nsubj
3	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	there	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	5 was	expl
5	was	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 said	ccomp
6	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	3 said	nsubj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	the Queen						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	be	past				there			vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

The King said "There are two!" when asked, and the Enchanter laughed

The tree, 12 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 King	det
2	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 said	nsubj
3	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	"	"	PUNCT	_	6 are	punct
5	There	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	6 are	expl
6	are	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 said	ccomp
7	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	6 are	nsubj
8	!	!	PUNCT	_	6 are	punct
9	"	"	PUNCT	_	6 are	punct
10	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	11 asked	advmod
11	asked	ask	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	6 are	advcl
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 laughed	punct
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 laughed	cc
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 Enchanter	det
15	Enchanter	Enchanter	PROPN	Number=Sing	16 laughed	nsubj
16	laughed	laugh	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 said	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	roles by
1	say speech: express	past	the King		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	be in a quote	present	two	there	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	ask speech: ask	participle	two not said here		vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	laugh	past	the Enchanter		vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

The King said "There are two!"

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 King	det
2	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 said	nsubj
3	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	"	"	PUNCT	_	6 are	punct
5	There	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	6 are	expl
6	are	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 said	ccomp
7	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	6 are	nsubj
8	!	!	PUNCT	_	3 said	punct
9	"	"	PUNCT	_	3 said	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: express	past	the King						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	be in a quote	present	two			there			vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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